1. I was using BlogEngine.NET, so I went to the main administrator page and exported my blog to a BlogML file on my computer.
  2. Make sure your exported xml file is in UTF-8 format.
  3. Install Wordpress on you favorite hosting provider. On many hosting providers this is a few click process that runs an auto installer.
  4. Wordpress does not have a built in way to import BlogML. Luckily Kavida Munasinghe as already written the import module for us. BlogML to WordPress import module.  Once you have the zip file on your computer just unzip the file and upload the two files directly into the wp-admin/imports folder. If you have an issues setting it up check his post and the related post he has.
  5. Before you import, make sure you have setup your permalink structure to your liking. Once you import each post will get a new permalink, which will match the structure you setup. You will also get a cvs file with all the old permalinks and the corresponding new ones. You can use this file to create 301 permanent redirects as not to lose your link love.
  6. Create a backup of your database. If you import and thing didn’t import to your liking, you will want to restore from this back and try again.
  7. Now just log into your Wordpress blog and in the Tool section will find Import Menu. Select BlogML, browse your saved BlogML and click the upload and import button.
  8. Now setup your redirects. Depending on the type of hosting you are using you will either have to setup .htaccess file or use something like the IIS 7 URL Rewrite module 1.1 or higher. You can check out the following Wordpress Codex for more information.